There is another colleague of Morgan's here. I hope you like her :)

From now on Merlin is known as Aaron unless it is stated.

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sjritts - There are a few stories behind there relationship when she was reborn and at least one of them is explained later on (early morning shifts and my history A level came in use for that :P)

MegamiTenshiHime - I know but he has been alive for many years so he would have got quite a bit over them.

Renaissancebookerlover108 - it was very smart

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies

Chapter 7

Last few days of school left was the only thought going round Morgan's head to get her through the last days.

There was still coursework coming in and essays to finish marking before they broke up.

Morgan knew that she should have done it at the weekend but she enjoyed shopping with Merlin.

It's Aaron now. Come on he has got use to your name, why can't you get use to his? You even chose his name.

They had managed to get him a whole new wardrobe and move all his money into a number of different accounts. Aaron could now manage on his own.

But Morgan never wanted that to happen again.

Morgan looked up from her last minute marking to pick up the book she had read.

It was her past life. She remembered every single detail, well of the parts she was in. She enjoyed learning about what they were doing when she wasn't there.

But something troubled her. It said that the last of the dragons died not long after Camlann. Aithusa was only a few years old, she couldn't have died.

Morgan remembered the state that she was in after the Sarrum but surly that couldn't have killed her could it?

Morgan gave up on the essays and went to the staff room for a coffee.

In this life, she hadn't had a boyfriend. Her brother would always scare any boy off, even at university. So Aaron was just amazing. He had been patient with her. He had to be patient if he had waited over 1500 years for Arthur to rise from that stupid lake.

Morgan had just flipped the switch on the kettle when Miss East started talking to her.

"So who's your fella?" She asked.

Morgan rolled her eyes at her. Miss East was nice enough but so bloody nosy. You had to be extremely careful for her not to find out about anything.

"He isn't my fella, he is just a friend that ..." Morgan started.

"That's staying in your house. Did you have a good shopping trip? There was loads of bags."

Morgan stopped talking there. She knew she wouldn't get a word in.

"He is rather good looking. See we all had bets that you were, you know playing for the other team as you had never had a bloke."

Morgan just rolled her eyes. "I am glad that you all thought of me in that light." She said with sarcasm.

Morgan could be really sarcastic if she wanted to be and it was usually to Miss East.

"Come on stop teasing the woman." Mrs Jennings said. "But he came all the way from Cornwall to London. He is a keeper."

"And for a moment there I thought you were on my side." Morgan said taking her coffee.

"Oh come on you know that I am joking." Morgan heard her say before the door closed.

Morgan had made up her mind that she was going to ask Aaron about Aithusa.

Morgan watched Aaron in the kitchen.

He said that he would take over that job as she was still working and he hadn't found a job. He said that he need to do his bit but she thought it was because he still hadn't forgiven himself.

Morgan didn't know how to address him. Was Aaron, her one and only boyfriend, going to answer? Was it going to be Merlin, her lover? Or Emrys, her doom?

She wondered how the one man could be all three at once. Well she had actually made the third one.

"Merlin." She had decided with. It was talking about the past.

Aaron hummed.

"Merlin." She tried again.

"I am listening." Aaron said.

"Merlin look at me."

Aaron turned the hob off and placed down the saucepan.

"I am nearly finished. Can't this wait till during dinner? Why are you calling me Merlin? I thought you had just got use to calling me Aaron."

"I know." Morgan started. "Merlin I need to speak with you and I need to answer me truthfully."

Aaron nodded and turned to place the pasta that he had cooked in the oven. The oven hadn't been on but it would keep the heat.

"I am all yours." Aaron said turning back.

"I … I finished the book." Morgan started feeling her courage leaving her.

"Book?" Aaron said looking confused.

"Book about us. At the end it said that the dragons was wiped out not long after Camlann. That cannot be possible. Dragons can live for thousands of years. Aithusa must have been the last dragon. What happened to her?"

Aaron swallowed.

"In my time away from Camelot, she was one of the things on my list. I needed to make an amends with her after I blocked out her calls for help. She called me more than once to come and save you from the Sarrum. I ignored her before she became to persistent. I should have answered her first call. She never forgave me for that but worked with me because she saw what happiness I brought to you."

Aaron didn't look up from the wooden floor.

"After you death, the only call she answered to was the one for your funeral. She was too weak from her time with the Sarrum that she couldn't hunt as efficiently as most dragons. I came and gave her food and water but she wouldn't take any of it. She blamed me for what happened to you and her. She blamed me for your insanity. She blamed me for your death. She was getting weaker and weaker and in the end I was trying to order her to eat and drink. There was another dragon but he died a few days after Arthur's death. Aithusa slowly wasted away and died 5 years after Camlann. I brought her into the world and she hated me."

Aaron finally found the strength to look up at Morgan.

"When was her first call?" Morgan asked with tears in her eyes.

"It was … it was about … about the time of your capture."

"Why didn't you answer her?"

"I thought she was calling me out to play with her. She was young and always called me out to play. Anyway I was with Arthur in Cearleon. I couldn't really drop everything and run could I? As you have always side I would chose Arthur over everyone."

Morgan slapped him. He remembered Gwen's slap. Gwen's was in frustration that she hadn't seen her friend for a long time. Morgan's was out of anger and hurt hell of a lot more.

"You left her to deform in a pit." Morgan seethed at him.

"I know, do you think I enjoyed watching her die in a cave? I was helpless Morgan. I didn't want her to hate me but I was still young and stupid."

That led to another slap.

"Don't you think I regret it?" Aaron said looking up at Morgan.

Morgan stopped there. "Just get out."

Aaron didn't want to go, he wanted to stay and hold her. Try and stop her from crying but he knew better.

He moved around her and collected his wallet and phone and left.

Morgan collapsed. She hoped that he would have stayed to fight for her forgiveness but she knew he was better at running away from his problems than facing them.

She didn't know how she could forgive him for this one. It would have to be something big.

She loved Aithusa and it pained her to think that she had died hating Merlin.

Morgan didn't feel like eating and pick herself off the floor to get into bed.

It felt colder than had done and wondered how she lived with this coldness.

Aaron walked down the street until he hit a local Bed and Breakfast. He booked a room and went straight up to it.

He could always eat later.

Aaron pulled out his phone and loaded up the internet.

Morgan had insisted that he had an iPhone as she couldn't live without on so he wasn't meant to either.

He scrolled threw a number of pages before he knew what he was going to do.

He knew he had to do something big for her to forgive him.

Aaron pulled back the covers and go into the bed.

A single bed now felt too small compared to Morgan's king-sized one.

It also felt so much colder than had done and wondered how he lived with this coldness.